Veilleux put on waivers! (and doesn’t get claimed)
Wild winger Stephane Veilleux was put on waivers yesterday, as the Wild chose not to claim him, taking the calculated risk that no one would make an offer to him. And no one did. Today he remains Wild property, which doesn’t seem to distress Veilleux too much. He has said that it doesn’t matter he’s glad to still be with the Wild (technically) and looks forward to negotiating. So, despite his efforts to meet the Wild half way by representing himself, the Wild are still playing tough. Assistant GM Tom Lynn has said that Veilleux’s initial demands were “unreasonable” and believes that not being picked up on waivers will lower the going price for Veilleux during arbitration. So, it seems that Veilleux, despite have a career high season last year, may be taking something of a pay cut for the coming season (and likely a one year deal where he is going to have to have an even better season than last year), but it appears as though Veilleux will be back in a Wild uniform for the coming season. That is, unless something unexpected happens, which is probably just as likely as striking an easy deal.
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